Unfortunately on Matroxs site, 5.52 is the closest we can grab to Anands drivers. I actually run this set on my Windows 98 rig with a K6-2..... and though my CPU is obviously a bottleneck, the performance in OpenGL games(specifically Quake 2) is nothing at all to write home about..... ~28FPS or so, …

I wouldn't mind seeing Phil retest these cards trying to match Anands settings as close as possible..... if I had to guess, it's probably a combination of drivers, settings, hardware variations, and possibly different early builds of the game that is causing these differences in performance. I do …

Yeah I was thinking about a Radeon 8500 too. There are none around though! Ebay is totally empty. I used to have an 8500 LE back in the day and It really went the distance... The 8500 series is pretty rare on ebay....atleast for sane prices, the 9000 series though is really easy to find on ebay, …

Good suggestion, but for now, I have everything running the way I want and don't really need to seek a BIOS update until something else goes wrong 😀

Enermax EG565p-VE https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103512 Has a pretty beastly 32A on both the +3.3 and +5, and 36A split between 2 +12 rails Got mine on Ebay brand new less the box for $20 shipped.... they seem to be pretty common on Ebay for cheap Have it running an Athlon …

Well there wasn't really enough info in the release notes for that BIOS to gain my trust that it was the correct BIOS..... I've just accepted the probable fact that I'm probably just never going to find the correct BIOS update for this board. so I solved my issue by limiting the capacity of the …

lazibayer wrote: Sorry to hear that. Is this the right BIOS? yes thanks! I'll unpack it and see if it's gonna work with my board.

Since you're going to be mixing in alot of DOS games, in addition to the recommendation of an ISA sound card, I'd think an Nvidia GPU would also be a good bet. they have great DOS compatibility, and anything upwards of a Geforce 256 should have ample power to play the more modern games in your list …

There are 4 flavors here: KA266, KA266-R, KA266 plus, KA266 plus-R And for each flavor there are different BIOSes for different model numbers. Not sure if you can find newer BIOS for your board. I have been using this site for 2 decades and they have a quite complete collection for old hardware. …

Was there really an AGP 1X only chipset? Intel released the i440LX, and it was 2X AGP baseline. Via released their VP3 (66 MHz Socket 7), and it was also AGP 2X as well. I don't believe so..... AGP 1x was more or less PCI, it was available as an option, but I don;t think any chipset was built …

Does anyone know the location of an archive for IWLL BIOS and drivers? I think I need to update this board to fully support my 250GB HDD, but the company is no longer around, and their site has long since closed.

5SG100 is an interesting board. I have always been wanting to get one and test its compatibility with Tillamook but couldn't find one for cheap. Can you get AGP 2x on 66MHz bus? SiS5591 chipset only supports 66MHz bus officially, albeit many board manufacturers overclock it to 100MHz. This makes it …

If you're trying to play in DOS.... I've found in my own experience that Matrox cards have horrible DOS compatibility..... the jumpiness and jerkiness reminds me of how my own G400 handles Jazz Jackrabbit and Commander Keen..... lol just don't use these cards in DOS...... They're excellent Windows …

And for the record, AGP 2x IS the baseline for the AGP spec anyway. It's referencing its double data throughput compared to the PCI bus standard. AGP had 2x, 4x, and 8x flavors during its reign. I'm afraid you're mistaken somewhat on that, AGP 1X does exist, It's capable of the same bandwidth of …

Intel is not known for releasing unstable chips. That i740 graphics card being unstable should have been your FIRST clue that the MB wasn't working right. The i740 was DESIGNED around the AGP interface and what it could do. That right there says if the card was unstable, your AGP slot was unstable …

Thanks for the input... yeah the K6-2s were a little disappointing in most games that didn't make use of 3Dnow.... Though I would think my overclock would atleast be able to trade blows with a PII 300 in alot of games considering I'm running on a much faster bus than 66Mhz, and the old PII 266 is …

Hello, first post! Though I am a long time binge watcher of Philscomputerlab! I'd really like some help with a problem that I've been trying to wrap my head around for years with no luck, and have more or less just tolerated. In my Win98 retro gaming rig, I cannot for the life of me get AGP2X …